Garner v. Nelson

Lewis, J.:

In 1987, petitioner Jeffrey L. Gamer was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to a term of 5 to 20 years in prison. He was apparently placed on parole at some point, but that parole was later revoked, and he is currently incarcerated.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner under K.S.A. 60-1501. Petitioner alleges the application by the Department of Corrections (DOC) of its amended regulatory scheme concerning earning, withholding, and forfeiting good time credits is an ex post facto law as applied to petitioner. Petitioner’s theory is that since…